The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-18
AsTER SUNDAYS PARADE.
,rrible Condition of the Streets OF
. the Metropolis.

,.,.,inIa Condition OF inc SIrSSGS OI
'O' the Metropolis.
,-,,,v Work, April 1G--The polished
,ato and finished articles which appeared
+bo New York papers concerning the
.,ot narado of beauty and fashion on Fifth
mo Faster Sunday convey about as ac-
,ra+e an impression of the actual condition
fFsi,.s rs the SinuouS prospectus OF
Ia ai not mine. When the ladies stepped out
t,oi,. houses for the annual show their
,'nefs were expensive and snowy, and In
w instances exceedingly becoming.
nc lSdI. five minutes of the binding dust,
aliriing clouds of refuse and manure and
3i;a+f97ro whirlwinds of ashes and gar
Inma the natural texture and tints
vac tbe bonnets, and, indeed, of all
o+ber articles of attire, were reduced
va dirt and dun-colored uniformity. am
mite aware that there is more or less oblec-
son IN writing about the nastiness and filth
" "a The streets Of New York as there is about
.reIytbing that is repulsive. 1t is not
/ Oeasant subject at best, and it is ignored
! NTH extraordinary persistency by the New
! NJ, noDers. Still, the most important fac
~, in New York life to-day is the dirt and
49, in +be nblic streets. Nobody who has
<rot seen New York at the present time can
ESove an idea OF the enormity OF this abuse.
H. Faster Sunday | walked from the Bruins
\ sicl, TO the Windsor Hotel with three men,
Eond when we arrived there, ana stood
*rining the refuse from our eyes and mouths
sn55 a9Ts we met several others, and the group
I'm once fell to talking about the dust and
EJirt III our coats were blaclS-or had been
INIT when we arrived at the Windsor they
E,varp MS completely covered by all manner of
AGiIt and dust as. though they had been rolled
Din the public streets
Srroperlv swept and Fifth avenue and
are particularly vile. The fronts
IN the houses, the steps, window sills, avn
Sncs. ratings and every corllce and Intel is
hqnkpd deep with dirt and manure. One
&eould have planted potatoes on the Easter
A,onnets of the New York women an hour
Il fter they had been on Fifth avenue. The
kyplanatfon that hear is one not much to
rhe credit of the city. The Street Cleaning
n Dapartment is to-day in the hands of a ring
Fbat is absolutely master of the usual chan
,4ls of information Once in great while
iztbe papers make feeble squirt of indigna-
ton, but it amounts to nothing, and the
Efforts to inaugurate a live crusade invaria-
Afly fail. 1t is not diff
butt to imagine the influence
which keeps the papers mum. New
York, from being the worst governed city
hnd the Easter parade was a thing of the
brilliant and polished imaginations of the
Rwriters of the New York press, for, in reality,
u was dismal, dirty, itching and disgust
kng wallow through a simeon of nastinesS
and dust But there was one CLEAN of light
&thrOugh it all. A universal smile swept
from one end of Fifth avenue to the other in
- The wake of a gorgeous spectacle in purple
and white that appeared about l O'Clock. 1t
<waS during the densest period of the dirt
Xcloud that Mr.. Harry Miner, theatrical
senanager, swung into Fifth avenue and
Started northward. He was the most bril-
& liant spectacle l have ever seen. Exactly
fwhy man should dress like an ass simply
Because he is in the theatrical
Business, | shall never be able to
understand. Mr.. Miner is a man of large
'Sgirth, small chest and ponderous carriage.
~ His somewhat extensive face is ornamented
10y an exceedingly small moustache, the ends
HDf which are twisted and waXed skyward.
On Sunday he wore purple frock coat, the
shinieSt of hats with a broad ribbon, a scar
let tie, and so on. The effect was simply
overwhelming and greatly enhanced by the
fact that the lady who accompanied Mr.
Miner was dressed in purple velvet, the
same shade as the managers coat. Several
Small boys followed the bright coat of the
Xgrotesquely dressed theatrical man, imbued
hn all likelihood by the earnest hope that he
would break out in what his variety actors
&call ''gentlemanly song and dance act"
Mr. Miner was dressed for it, at all events.
HENRY JAMES.